Daily-date sign.



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JAMES FRANCES EDDY, QF L NSDWNE, 'ENNSYLVANQS.

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Patented Sept. la, Nitti..

Application iled ctober 17, 1913. Serial No.779524.

No. 754,676 filed March 17, 19123, and Serial No. 779,254: filed July le, 191,3, and the objects of this invention are to so connect the pad of a daily date sign to its bach that the same cannot be readily removed until the pad is used up; to provide such means which can be applied to a daily date sign the back of which is retained permanently by the user and new pads obtained as needed; to discourage the discarding of the back with its advertising, since the back and pad are not readily separated; to provide for the ready removal of the cap when the' pad is exhausted; to allow for the convenient application of the pad and cap into locked position upon the back; to enable the cap to bevsupported with increased rigidity upon the back; to secure a simple, inexpensive and eiective Referring tothe accompanying drawings,

in which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views, Figure l is a perspective view of a daily date sign embodying my invention, but having the pad leaves removed in order to disclose the construction and application of the cap to the back; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rear of said cap detached from the back and having the pad leaves mounted in place; Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on line A-A of Fig. l, showing the pad carried by the cap, and Figs. 4 and 5 lare two. forms of backs to which the invention may be applied.

In the specilic embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawings, the reference 4numeral l indicates a back to which the invention is applied, said back being provided with pad-supporting means. The specific construction of said supporting means is immaterial to the present invention, but for purposes of illustration l have shown in Figs. l', 3 and 4, a back coinlirising a mount 2 with a head-plate 3 supported upon the upper,portionwthereof. said plate Sha-ving adjacent its lower edge and substantially parallel thereto, a slot terminating short of the side edges of the head-plate. This slot is preferably formed hyinalriiig a slit, without the removal of any of the material of which the head-plate is composed,

and bending the lower lip or margin 5 of said slit forwardly outward, as shown, so

-tliat an upwardly open slot is formed. The

upper partof the lieadplate preferably carries upon its face advertising mattei' of a permanent character.

In Fi g. I have shown, instead of the slot in a head-plate, a hanger strip 6, preferably stamped out of sheet metal and formed. at its ends into feet 7, 7, which are slightly oli'- set from the plane of the middle main portion d, so that when they are secured, as` by screws 9,v 9, to a mount 10,2, slot ll is formed between said mount and the middle main portion 8 of the strip, 'as shown; .In

strip could be secured upon lthe*loweredge of a head-plate, if desired, or' in 'factv any'v suitable construction adapted to the purpose of the present invention may be employed without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. i

The particular feature of the present in- Tention resides in the means or cap fpr' supporting the leaves of the pad upon/the' back. and shown in Figs. l to `3. In carrying out my invention, l bend from sheet metal a cap l2 liav'inga. top portion I3 broad enough and long enough to cover the upper ends of the leaves of a pad let. The inetal comprising said cap is bent downwardly along both of the longitudinal edges of the top portion 125,

thereby forming` front and rear flanges 15 tical slits 20, Q0, the tdistance between said slits being governed bythe length of the sloty of the back which is to support thel pad;

The proportion of onel to the other is `such that the tongue 22 between the slits 20,y 2Ol will readily enter lthe slot, whereas the ears .18, 18 rest against the front of the back on portions thereof which do not project forward from tlie general plane of the back, as shown in Fig. 1.- ln' this manner it will be seen that the tongue 22 and vears 18, 18 will wedgingly grip the llower 'lip of the slot and provide a y vrigid support for the cap upon the back.

,- In order to` prevent too ready or inadvertent removal of the cap Ifrom theback,

' .I have 'provided detents projecting fromy the tongue 2Q towardthe front'flange 15 and-so positioned as to lie below the bottom edge of the member formingthe slot for the tongue,

4(whether head-plate or hanger strip or otherwise), and engage said edge when any attempt is made to remove the pad. The particular embodiment herein disclosed for such detents is a tapered spur 21 stamped out of the sheet metal'tongue, and readily obtained 'by making a V-shaped slit with the point directed upward and then bending said spur out of the plane of the metal into inclined relation thereto. In applyingthe cap to the back, the inclined surfaces ofthese spursslide readily behind the lower lip of the slot as the tongue 22 is hooked into said slot, and the spurs spring outward again beneath 7 said lip so as to catch thereon if any attempt is made to slide the pad up again to detach it.- v The pad is thus quite effectively locked tothe back, in place for use therewith, and

especially so because the leaves of the pad prevent a 'clear vision of, or ready access to, said spurs in their engaged relation to the back. The pad thereforeis not likely t0 be separated from the backing, either inadvert-l ently orotherwise, and so the back with its advertising is preserved and displayed in connection with the useful pad.

When all the leaves of the pad have been .torn off,.it is then very convenient to bend back or flatten the spurs 21eith'er with the finger or any convenient instrument, so that they will. pass behind the -lip and the cap can be readily -removed from the back -of the sign or calendar. This cap is then thrown away and the back is all ready to receive the new pad with its spurred cap.

Having thus described the invention, what l claim is l l. The hereindescribed pad for daily date signs, comprisingI in combination witha plurality of leaves, a cap having opposite parallel flanges one in front of said leaves and the other behind them and an .intermediate portion at the top edges of said leaves hold-y ing said flanges in spaced relation, said flanges including `pairs of opposite ea.rs atA the ends of the cap andthe rea-r flange i n.

inesatta' portthe leaves while leaving the tongue free to be exposed for entering a supporting slot by flexing the leaves.

2. rlhe hereindescribed pad for daily date signs, comprising in combinationwith a plurality of leaves, 'a cap having opposite par'- allel flanges one in front of said leaves and 'the other behind them and an intermediate portion a't the top edges of said leaves holding said\,fianges in spaced relation, crosspins extending through said cap flanges and leaves adjacent the opposite ends thereof connecting said lianges and supporting said leaves, the rear flange of the cap including a depending tongue intermediate said crosspins substantially in the plane of the flange .and adapted to be exposed for entering a supporting slot by flexing the leaves, and

resilient spurs on said tonguev normally projecting inward toward said leaves and upward toward thebody of the cap and adapted to project beneath a wall of said supporting slotfwhen the tongue is inserted therein and prevent inadvertent escape of said tongue therefrom.

3. The hereindescribed pad for daily date` signs, comprising in 'combination with a plu- `rality of leaves, a cap having opposite parallel flanges one in front of said leaves 'and the other behind them and an intermediate portion at the top edges' of said. leaves hold-v ing said flanges in'spaced relation, the `rear flange including ears depending from its lower edge adjacent its opposite ends, crossl pins extending through said ears and front flange and leaves for connecting said flange and ears and supporting said leaves, the rear flange also including a tongue depending from its lower edge between said ears sep'- arate therefrom and depending further than said ears, said tongue being substantially. in the plane of the flange and adapted to be exposed for entering a supporting slotv by flexing the' leaves and ears, and resilie'nt spurs near the free edge of said tongue' noi'.-

inally `projecting inward toward the leaves and upward toward the body of the cap a'i'idfv adapted to project beneath a wall of said supporting. slot when vthe tongue is inserted therein. JAMES vFRANCIS EDDY.

Witnesses A. P. RUTHERFORD, .CHAS. H. ALLEN.' 

